Madurai, Oct 13 : The Union Health Ministry after enforcing ban on smoking in public places, has directed health officials in states to seek details about the tobacco and drinking habits of deceased persons before issuing death certificates.
Application forms for the death certificates had been modified and specific queries in this regard had been included, official sources here said.
However, the instructions did not specify the reason for eliciting these details, they said.
Moser Baer, world's second largest manufacturer of Optical Storage media, has set up a modern digital video processing facility in Chennai. 
Chennai, Oct. 15 : Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) Rajya Sabha member and daughter of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, Kanimozhi on Wednesday submitted her resignation from the upper house to the party chief and her father in line with the decision of an all-party meeting to put pressure on the Central Government to call for a ceasefire in Sri Lanka.
expansion project of Chennai Airport Terminal. Chennai-based construction company, CCL has bagged this project from the Airports Authority of India (AAI) with Rs 1,212 crore. Canada-based Herve Pomerleau International would provide technological assistance to CCCL. The airport expansion project would be completed in 26 months.
New York-based REcap Partners-LLC has agreed to acquire Chennai-based business process outsourcing (BPO) firm HOV Services along with its two units operational in Beijing and Hong Kong for total consideration of Rs 950 crore. 
